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at septum; wall cinnamon-brown, 1.5~2.5 » thick, very slightly thickened over pore of each 
cell, 3-3.5 y, finely and closely verrucose; pedicel short, colorless, one half length of spore, 
commonly deciduous. 
On ScCROPHULARIACEAE: 
Besseya Ritieriana (Eastw.) Rydb. (Synthyris Ritteriana Eastw.), Colorado. 
Besseya rubra (Dougl.) Rydb. (Synihyris rubra Benth.), Montana. 
Synthyris laciniata (A. Gray) Rydb., Utah. 
Synthyris pinnatifida S. Wats., Utah. 
TYPE LocaLity: Utah, on Synthyris pinnatifida. 
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Montana to Utah and central Colorado. 
ILLUSTRATION: Sydow, Monog. Ured. 1: pl. 17, f. 240. 
101. Micropuccinia Clintonii (Peck) Arthur & Jackson. 
Puccinia Clintonii Peck, Ann. Rep. N. VY. State Mus. 28: 61. 1876. 
Dicaeoma Clinionii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 468. 1898. 
O. Pyenia unknown, probably not formed. 
III. Telia hypophyllous and caulicolous, rarely epiphyllous, usually scattered and solitary 
on discolored, often sunken spots, round, large, 0.5-1.5 mm. across, the resting form tardily 
naked, pulverulent, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis conspicuous, the germinating form 
compact, pulvinate, at first light cinnuamon-brown, becoming cinereous by abundant ger- 
mination, ruptured epidermis not conspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid, oblong, or broadly clavate, 
15-18 by 26-36 », rounded or obtuse above, rounded or narrowed below, usually strongly 
constricted at septum; wall golden-brown or nearly colorless in the germinating form, cin- 
namon-brown in the resting form, 1.5—2 » thick, thickened above, often with. sub-hyaline 
umbo, 3~6 y, very finely striate-verrucose in longitudinal lines, germinating form often smooth; 
pedicel colorless, fragile, equaling spore, commonly deciduous. 
ON ScROPHULARIACEAE: 
Elephaniella groenlandica (Retz.) Rydb. (Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.), Idaho. 
Pedicularis bracteosa Benth., Colorado, Oregon; Alberta. 
Pedicularis canadensis I,., Michigan, New York, Wisconsin. 
Pedicularis fluviatilis A. Heller, New Mexico. 
Pedicularis racemosa Dougl., Oregon; Alberta. 
—E LOCALITY: Goat Island, [Niagara Falls,] New York, on Pedicularis [canadensis]. 
DISTRIBUTION: Northwestern. New York to Oregon and British Columbia, and one locality 
in the mountains of New Mexico. 
Exsiccati: Barth. Fungi Columb. 3063, 5054; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 30. 
102. Micropuccinia rhaetica (Ed. Fisch.) Arthur & Jackson. 
Puccinia rhaetica Ed. Fisch. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 420. 1899. 
O. Pycnia unknown, probably not formed. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, scattered or occasionally gregarious, large, roundish, 1-2 mm. 
across, somewhat tardily naked, pulverulent, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis cinereous 
and persistent; teliospores ellipsoid, oblong, or obovate, 16-20 by 30-40 », rounded or obtuse 
‘above, rounded or occasionally slightly narrowed below, not or slightly constricted at septum; 
wall light cinnamon-brown, 1.5-3 » thick, thickened above, 3-5 y, in part by a sub-hyaline 
umbo, similarly thickened over pore of lower cell at septum, from nearly smooth to distinctly 
but minutely verrucose-rugose, especially in upper half; pedicel colorless, fragile, equaling 
spore but commonly broken off close to spore. 
On ScROPHULARIACEAE! 
Veronica Cusickii A. Gray, Washington. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Val Zeynina, near Lavin, Switzerland, on Veronica bellidioides. 
DISTRIBUTION: Cascade Mountains in Washington; also in mountains of central Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Beitr. Krypt. Schweiz 2?: f. 238; Fl. Ital. Crypt. Ured. f. 60d. 
103. Micropuccinia Chelonis (Dietel & Holway) 
Arthur & Jackson. 
Puccinia Chelonis Dietel & Holway; Dietel, Hedwigia 36: 297. 1897. 
O. Pycnia unknown, probably not formed. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, rarely epiphyllous, closely gregarious on purplish spots 5-15 
